2009 Indie Book Award Finalist for Best Short Story Fiction Award Winning Finalist National Best Book Awards 2008, USA Book News Award Winning Stories and Poems from Appalachia In Blood Kin and Other Strangers Patsy Evans Pittman explores that most intimate of mysteries, the family. Drawn from her Appalachian heritage, these short stories and poems of love and loss, revenge and redemption, deceit and murder are among today’s best. This carefully crafted collection features stark drama, gentle humor and surprise endings; and characters who will take you on a journey you won’t soon forget.
